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| Motto | For Your Future. For Our Future. |
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| Type | Publicuniversity system |
| Established | 1996 |
| Budget | $906.5 million |
| President | Rick Gallot |
| Provost | Jeannine O'Rourke |
| Students | 91,500 (October 2023)[1] |
| Location | ,, United States |
| Website | www |
TheUniversity of Louisiana System (UL System) is apublicuniversity system in theU.S. state ofLouisiana. It enrolls more students than the other three public university systems in the state;[2] as of October 2023, it claims more than 91,500 students throughout its institutions.[1] Its headquarters are in the Claiborne Building inBaton Rouge.[3][4]
The UL System began operating under its new name in 1996, and was founded in 1975 as the Board of Trustees for State Colleges and Universities.[5]
The University of Louisiana System has nine member institutions:
The system's president and CEO isRick Gallot,[6] replacing Jim Henderson in October 2023. Henderson was hired as president in 2016.
Crain, Clausen, and Moffett had previously been president ofSoutheastern Louisiana University. Jindal, a future Louisiana governor, was the youngest president of the University of Louisiana system at age 28.
In 1999, the University of Southwestern Louisiana became theUniversity of Louisiana at Lafayette and Northeast Louisiana University became theUniversity of Louisiana at Monroe, based on legislation passed in 1995.[12] ULS policy requires both school's abbreviated names to include the municipality, precluding the use of "UL" alone.[12] In 2013, then-president Woodley stated that the policy does not address stand-alone usage of "Louisiana" including within athletics, where usage of particular monikers and acronyms became a point of contention.[12] Soon after, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's athletic moniker became the "Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns."[13]
 Public university systems in Louisiana | |
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